BRTA committee to consider 2 grant agreements

Two grant agreements are expected to be considered by the Bartlesville Redevelopment Trust Authority Incentive Review Committee at 3:30 p.m. Monday.

The committee is expected to consider and possibly take action regarding a recommendation to adopt and approve an Environmental Remediation and Code Compliance Grant agreement with Chris Lancaster for property located at 405 SE Seneca Ave.

Lancaster is requesting access to Tax Increment Finance District 2 funds for help with windows on the bungalow.

The project will consist of replacing 15 windows, a new front door and exterior renovations.

In a letter from Capitol Hill Increment District Residential Development Consultant Carol Ervin to the BRTA and the Incentive Review Committee, Ervin recommends use of the grant of one-to-one matching funds, up to $4,050 of proven and verified costs for new windows and a storm door.

The committee is also expected to consider and possibly take action regarding a recommendation to adopt and approve an Environmental Remediation and Code Compliance agreement with Jane Morely for property located at 901 SE Delaware Ave.

Recently the home was painted through the Keep Oklahoma Beautiful Fresh Paint Days grant, as well as had some repairs made and some trees removed.

According to a letter from Ervin to the BRTA and the Incentive Review Committee, the City of Bartlesville is requiring that Morely repair the home’s porch and replace a retaining wall and a sidewalk on the north side of the property.

Ervin recommends in the letter that the one-to-one grant be awarded up to $5,000 for proven and verified costs for the retaining wall and sidewalk.

The public meeting will be held in the second floor conference room at City Hall, 401 S. Johnstone Ave., in downtown Bartlesville.